How do you paint grey hair? Watch my free tutorial below to learn more how I paint grey hair in my acrylic portrait. LEARN MORE  Sketching Your Painting Accurately Beginning a Pet Portrait in Acrylic The Mystery of Realism in Painting Apply A Burnt Sienna Glaze to a Portrait Learn How to Sketch a Portrait […] The post How to Paint Grey Hair in Your Acrylic Portrait appeared first on Realistic Acrylic Portrait School ..read more

It's something all artists dread: getting a hole torn in your canvas. Sooner or later, it's probably going to happen to one of your paintings. But what do you do? Is the canvas ruined? Nope. You don't have to throw the painting away or relegate it to the closet. I'll show you how to fix […] The post How to Fix a Painting on Canvas with a Hole in It! appeared first on Realistic Acrylic Portrait School ..read more

Did you know there's a color that's darker than black? Yes, you can use my "secret" color to increase the contrast in your acrylic portrait.  One of the best ways to make your portrait "POP" is to give it more contrast. In other words, to make the dark values darker, which in turn, makes the […] The post Increase the Contrast in Your Portrait With My SECRET Color appeared first on Realistic Acrylic Portrait School ..read more

Painting Wrinkles in Jeans with Acrylics!   To learn more watch my free tutorial about how to paint wrinkles on your jeans acrylic portrait painting. LEARN MORE  Sketching Your Painting Accurately Beginning a Pet Portrait in Acrylic The Mystery of Realism in Painting Apply A Burnt Sienna Glaze to a Portrait Learn How to Sketch […] The post How to Paint Wrinkles on Jeans in Your Acrylic Portrait appeared first on Realistic Acrylic Portrait School ..read more

Clothing can be challenging to paint. In this video tutorial, I'll show you advanced techniques for making your clothing, especially white clothing, look super-realistic in acrylic.  Here's 3 of my best secrets for painting realistic shading on white clothing: Secret #1: Be sure to paint the darkest values on the clothing as BLACK, or a […] The post Secrets of Shading White Clothing in Acrylic appeared first on Realistic Acrylic Portrait School ..read more

I'll show you how to add special nuances, that is, titanium white highlights for your grisaille acrylic portrait. A grisaille is a monochromatic painting over a earth-toned ground (background) that you add color glazes on top of.  Using my portrait painting of Paul the Apostle praying, I'll show you how to use a small round […] The post How to Paint Titanium White Clothing Highlights in an Acrylic Grisaille appeared first on Realistic Acrylic Portrait School ..read more

I’ll show you how to color, glaze using acrylic to build up shading and color.  In classical painting, a grisaille is typically used to capture the value structure of the image. But what next? In this video tutorial, I'll show you how to add color glazes, using acrylic, on top of a grisaille done in […] The post How to Build up Shading and Color Over a Grisaille Portrait Painting appeared first on Realistic Acrylic Portrait School ..read more

Most store-bought canvases are not primed very well and can benefit from another layer or two of gesso.  I’ll show you a weird way to gesso a  canvas, to smooth out the surface texture. It works much better than just a brush alone.  Often, the brush will leave a lot of unwanted vertical texture on […] The post Weird Way to Apply Gesso to Your Canvas appeared first on Realistic Acrylic Portrait School ..read more

I’ll share with you my introduction to the shading and skin tones super bundle. If you struggle with shading and skin tones (many artists do), I put together a special bundle of three of my favorite courses to help you. Get the bundle here: https://realistic-acrylic-portrait-sc… Watch the video below to learn more about the introduction […] The post Introducing the Shading and Skin Tones Super Bundle appeared first on Realistic Acrylic Portrait School ..read more

Finishing a portrait is challenging yet incredibly satisfying. In this video, I’ll show you how I finished this 24″ x 30″ portrait of 30 people. I’m adding highlights with some warmer colors to give the painting some more visual impact. That’s what it’s all about—”bringing the portrait home” and making the customer happy!   LEARN […] The post How to Add the Finishing Touches to an Acrylic Portrait appeared first on Realistic Acrylic Portrait School ..read more